Coalition for Responsible Environmental Aggregate Mining - CREAM

The 3 Williamson County Quarries - Current status

CREAM was founded a number of years ago due to the blasting quarries; mainly Austin White Lime (AWL) and Martin Marietta (MM; previously owned by CCA before Martin Marietta bought them about 5 years ago). Since that time, things have changed rapidly this year and here is the current status of 3 Quarries that we have our eyes on...

1) Ronald Reagan Pits (the one on the left in the photo) is now being considered for development and currently known as the Yearwood MUD. It has been discussed in 2 Georgetown City Council Workshops and scheduled for another discussion in the upcoming months. There is an article below on this page describing some information.

2) AWL has been closed since 2024 and from what we understand; there is a proposal for development that will be coming to City Council this year. We will be keeping our eyes on this one as it is a 1200 acre site.

3) Earlier this year; we heard from a very reliable source that MM has closed the quarry. An email from an MM employee told us that the quarry has not been closed but has reduced their operations. Whatever the case; there has not been a blast from that site since then and when we drive by; we don't see dust arising from the facility like we use to observe.

Most notably there appears to be less quarry truck traffic down SH 195 due to the closure of AWL and the reduced operations of MM. However, we will continue to be vigilant as nothing is guaranteed and these lands can be flipped to another quarry or something else. Nonetheless, we will enjoy that there is no blasting and that there is less quarry truck traffic in the interim.